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Sheppard CJR, Castello M, Tortarolo G, Slenders E, Deguchi T, Koho SV, Bianchini P, Vicidomini G, Diaspro A. Pixel reassignment in image scanning microscopy with a doughnut beam: example of maximum likelihood restoration. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2021; 38:1075-1084. [PMID: 34263763 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.426473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In image scanning microscopy, the pinhole of a confocal microscope is replaced by a detector array. The point spread function for each detector element can be interpreted as the probability density function of the signal, the peak giving the most likely origin. This thus allows a form of maximum likelihood restoration, and compensation for aberrations, with similarities to adaptive optics. As an example of an aberration, we investigate theoretically and experimentally illumination with a vortex doughnut beam. After reassignment and summation over the detector array, the point spread function is compact, and the resolution and signal level higher than in a conventional microscope.
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Wang M, Li M, Jiang S, Gao J, Xi P. Plasmonics meets super-resolution microscopy in biology. Micron 2020; 137:102916. [PMID: 32688264 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2020.102916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Super-resolution microscopy can reveal the subtle biological processes hidden behind the optical diffraction barrier. Plasmonics is a key nanophotonic that combines electronics and photonics through the interaction of light with the metallic nanostructure. In this review, we survey the recent progresses on plasmonic-assisted super-resolution microscopy. The strong electromagnetic field enhancement trapped near metallic nanostructures offers a unique opportunity to manipulate the illumination scheme for overcoming the diffraction limit. Plasmonic nanoprobes, exploited as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and plasmon-enhanced fluorescence nanoparticles, are a major category of contrast agent in super-resolution microscopy. The outstanding challenges, future developments, and potential biological applications are also discussed.
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- Miaoyan Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, Center for Synthetic & Systems Biology, BNRist, Center for Synthetic & Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China; Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China.
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Yang A, Meng F, Shi P, Du L, Yuan X. Mapping the weak plasmonic transverse field by a dielectric-nanoparticle-on-film structure with ultra-high precision. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:18980-18987. [PMID: 31252832 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.018980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Highly confined electromagnetic fields play a significant role in modern nano-optics, among which surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are outstanding because of their subwavelength and enhancement nature. While many state-of-the-art methods have been proposed to uncover the field distribution of SPPs, it still faces challenge to map the weak transverse field component (the field tangential to the interface) of SPPs with high contrast and precision. We propose a direct imaging technique, which employs a dielectric-nanoparticle-on-metal-film (DNP-MF) structure as a near-field probe, to overcome this difficulty. The angular distribution of the scattering radiation from the structure is strongly polarization dependent. By extracting the scattering signals that are mainly induced by the horizontal polarization, the imaging of the weak plasmonic transverse field with high precision can be achieved. The mappings of SPPs distributions excited by various vector beams were performed in experiment, which accord excellent with theory. This technique provides a new approach for near-field imaging with high contrast and reliability, which is expected to be valuable for studying the vectorial features of SPPs such as transverse spin, spin-orbit interactions, etc.
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Meng F, Du L, Yang A, Zhang C, Yuan X. Low-loss metal-dielectric waveguide mode enabled structured illumination microscopy with 0.18λ 0 resolution. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:9250-9257. [PMID: 31052732 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.009250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is a powerful super-resolved imaging technique which enables to perform fast and in vivo imaging of bio-samples. In order to achieve a better resolution of a SIM system, evanescent waves with larger in-plane wave-vector are preferred for SIM, among which the total internal reflection (TIRF-SIM) and the plasmonic SIM (pSIM) configurations are widely studied. Here, we demonstrated a metal-dielectric waveguide (MDW) based SIM system - termed as MDW-SIM, which can achieve a good compromise between TIRF-SIM and pSIM. The MDW can support a low-loss waveguide mode at an aqueous environment, with an evanescent tail existing above the water/dielectric interface for SIM. A proof-of-concept imaging experiment was performed on fluorescent beads, where a spatial resolution of 86nm was achieved at a 473nm illumination wavelength and a 1.45 numerical aperture objective lens. The proposed MDW-SIM has a great potential for the bio-imaging applications.
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Kuroda C, Nakai M, Fujimaki M, Ohki Y. Development of a TiO 2/SiO 2 waveguide-mode chip for an ultraviolet near-field fluorescence sensor. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:6796-6805. [PMID: 29609367 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.006796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Aimed at detecting fluorescent-labeled biological substances sensitively, a sensor that utilizes near-field light has attracted much attention. According to our calculations, a planar structure composed of two dielectric layers can enhance the electric field of UV near-field light effectively by inducing waveguide-mode (WM) resonance. The fluorescence intensity obtainable by a WM chip with an optimized structure is 5.5 times that obtainable by an optimized surface plasmon resonance chip. We confirmed the above by making a WM chip consisting of TiO2 and SiO2 layers on a silica glass substrate and by measuring the fluorescence intensity of a solution of quantum dots dropped on the chip.
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Cao S, Wang T, Sun Q, Hu B, Levy U, Yu W. Graphene on meta-surface for super-resolution optical imaging with a sub-10 nm resolution. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:14494-14503. [PMID: 28789035 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.014494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nowadays, wide-field of view plasmonic structured illumination method (WFPSIM) has been extensively studied and experimentally demonstrated in biological researches. Normally, noble metal structures are used in traditional WFPSIM to support ultra-high wave-vector of SPs and an imaging resolution enhancement of 3-4 folds can be achieved. To further improve the imaging resolution of WFPSIM, we hereby propose a wide-field optical nanoimaging method based on a hybrid graphene on meta-surface structure (GMS) model. It is found that an ultra-high wave-vector of graphene SPs can be excited by a metallic nanoslits array with localized surface plasmon enhancement. As a result, a standing wave surface plasmons (SW-SPs) interference pattern with a period of 11 nm for a 980 nm incident wavelength can be obtained. The potential application of the GMS for wide-field of view super-resolution imaging is discussed followed by simulation results which show that an imaging resolution of sub-10 nm can be achieved. The demonstrated method paves a new route for wide field optical nanoimaging, with applications e.g. in biological research to study biological processes occurring in cell membrane.
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Cao S, Wang T, Yang J, Hu B, Levy U, Yu W. Numerical analysis of wide-field optical imaging with a sub-20 nm resolution based on a meta-sandwich structure. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1328. [PMID: 28465520 PMCID: PMC5431004 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01521-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Biological research requires wide-field optical imaging techniques with resolution down to the nanometer scale to study the biological process in a sub-cell or single molecular level. To meet this requirement, wide-field structured illumination method (WFSIM) has been extensively studied. The resolution of WFSIM is determined by the period of the optical interference pattern. However, in traditional WFSIM this period is diffraction limited so that pattern having periodicity smaller than 100 nm cannot be generated and as a result achieving an imaging resolution better than 50 nm is a great challenge. Here, we demonstrate a wide-field optical nanoimaging method based on a meta-sandwich structure (MSS) model. It is found that this structure can support standing wave surface plasmons interference pattern with a period of only 31 nm for 532 nm wavelength incident light. Furthermore, the potential application of the MSS for wide-field super-resolution imaging is discussed and the simulation results show an imaging resolution of sub-20 nm can be achieved. The demonstrated method paves a new route for the improvement of the wide field optical nanoimaging, which can be applied by biological researchers to study biological process conducted in cell membrane, such as mass transportation and others.
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- Shun Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics & Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888, Dongnanhu Road, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 10039, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics & Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888, Dongnanhu Road, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics & Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888, Dongnanhu Road, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 10039, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 17, Xinxi Road, Xian, 710119, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 17, Xinxi Road, Xian, 710119, P. R. China.
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Kim YH, So PT. Three-dimensional wide-field pump-probe structured illumination microscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:7369-7391. [PMID: 28380860 PMCID: PMC5810906 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.007369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We propose a new structured illumination scheme for achieving depth resolved wide-field pump-probe microscopy with sub-diffraction limit resolution. By acquiring coherent pump-probe images using a set of 3D structured light illumination patterns, a 3D super-resolution pump-probe image can be reconstructed. We derive the theoretical framework to describe the coherent image formation and reconstruction scheme for this structured illumination pump-probe imaging system and carry out numerical simulations to investigate its imaging performance. The results demonstrate a lateral resolution improvement by a factor of three and providing 0.5 µm level axial optical sectioning.
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- Yang-Hyo Kim
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Cao S, Wang T, Sun Q, Hu B, Yu W. Meta-nanocavity model for dynamic super-resolution fluorescent imaging based on the plasmonic structure illumination microscopy method. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:3863-3874. [PMID: 28241597 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.003863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Biological research requires dynamic and wide-field optical microscopy with resolution down to nanometer to study the biological process in a sub-cell or single molecular level. To address this issue, we propose a dynamic wide-field optical nanoimaging method based on a meta-nanocavity platform (MNCP) model which can be incorporated in micro/nano-fluidic systems so that the samples to be observed can be confined in a nano-scale space for the ease of imaging. It is found that this platform can support standing wave surface plasmons (SW-SPs) interference pattern with a period of 105 nm for a 532 nm incident wavelength. Furthermore, the potential application of the NCP for wide-field super-resolution imaging was discussed and the simulation results show that an imaging resolution of sub-80 nm can be achieved.
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This review describes the growing partnership between super-resolution imaging and plasmonics, by describing the various ways in which the two topics mutually benefit one another to enhance our understanding of the nanoscale world. First, localization-based super-resolution imaging strategies, where molecules are modulated between emissive and nonemissive states and their emission localized, are applied to plasmonic nanoparticle substrates, revealing the hidden shape of the nanoparticles while also mapping local electromagnetic field enhancements and reactivity patterns on their surface. However, these results must be interpreted carefully due to localization errors induced by the interaction between metallic substrates and single fluorophores. Second, plasmonic nanoparticles are explored as image contrast agents for both superlocalization and super-resolution imaging, offering benefits such as high photostability, large signal-to-noise, and distance-dependent spectral features but presenting challenges for localizing individual nanoparticles within a diffraction-limited spot. Finally, the use of plasmon-tailored excitation fields to achieve subdiffraction-limited spatial resolution is discussed, using localized surface plasmons and surface plasmon polaritons to create confined excitation volumes or image magnification to enhance spatial resolution.
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- Katherine A Willets
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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Gradient Permittivity Meta-Structure model for Wide-field Super-resolution imaging with a sub-45 nm resolution. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23460. [PMID: 26996323 PMCID: PMC4800676 DOI: 10.1038/srep23460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A gradient permittivity meta-structure (GPMS) model and its application in super-resolution imaging were proposed and discussed in this work. The proposed GPMS consists of alternate metallic and dielectric films with a gradient permittivity which can support surface plasmons (SPs) standing wave interference patterns with a super resolution. By employing the rigorous numerical FDTD simulation method, the GPMS was carefully simulated to find that the period of the SPs interference pattern is only 84 nm for a 532 nm incident light. Furthermore, the potential application of the GPMS for wide-field super-resolution imaging was also discussed and the simulation results show that an imaging resolution of sub-45 nm can be achieved based on the plasmonic structure illumination microscopic method, which means a 5.3-fold improvement on resolution has been achieved in comparison with conventional epifluorescence microscopy. Moreover, besides the super-resolution imaging application, the proposed GPMS model can also be applied for nanolithography and other areas where super resolution patterns are needed.
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Wei S, Lei T, Du L, Zhang C, Chen H, Yang Y, Zhu SW, Yuan XC. Sub-100nm resolution PSIM by utilizing modified optical vortices with fractional topological charges for precise phase shifting. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:30143-8. [PMID: 26698495 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.030143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We demonstrate an all-optical plasmonic structured illumination microscopy (PSIM) technique. A set of plasmonic standing-wave patterns is excited by amplitude-modified optical vortices (OVs), which have fractional topological charges for precise phase shift of {-2π/3, 0, 2π/3}. A specially designed optical aperture is introduced to modify the OVs in order to improve the uniformity of interference patterns. The imaging results of fluorescent beads reveal a sub-100nm resolving capability in aqueous environment. This PSIM technique as a structure-free, wide-field and super-resolved imaging technique is of great potential for low-cost biological dynamic imaging applications.
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Zhu L, Zhang D, Wang R, Wang P, Ming H, Badugu R, Du L, Yuan X, Lakowicz JR. Metal-Dielectric Waveguides for High Efficiency Fluorescence Imaging. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2015; 119:24081-24085. [PMID: 26525494 PMCID: PMC4627712 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We demonstrate that Metal-Dielectric Waveguide structures (MDWs) with high efficiency of fluorescence coupling can be suitable as substrates for fluorescence imaging. This hybrid MDWs consists of a continuous metal film and a dielectric top layer. The optical modes sustaining inside this structure can be excited with a high numerical aperture (N.A) objective, and then focused into a virtual optical probe with high intensity, leading to efficient excitation of fluorophores deposited on top of the MDWs. The emitted fluorophores couple with the optical modes thus enabling the directional emission, which is verified by the back focal plane (BFP) imaging. These unique properties of MDWs have been adopted in a scanning laser confocal optical microscopy, and show the merit of high efficiency fluorescence imaging. MDWs can be easily fabricated by vapor deposition and/or spin coating, the silica surface of the MDWs is suitable for biomolecule tethering, and will offer new opportunities for cell biology and biophysics research.
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- Liangfu Zhu
- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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- Institute of Micro & Nano Optics, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Institute of Micro & Nano Optics, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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Zhu L, Zhang D, Wang X, Chen Y, Qiu D, Wang P, Ming H. Dynamically generating a large-area confined optical field with subwavelength feature size. APPLIED OPTICS 2014; 53:6091-6095. [PMID: 25321692 DOI: 10.1364/ao.53.006091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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By using a prism of high refractive index, free-space cylindrical vector beams can be selectively converted into confined optical fields with large area, such as surface plasmon polaritons or waveguide modes, whose interference will produce optical features at the nanometer scale. Due to the polarization sensitivity of these modes, the macroscopic distribution of the confined field can be dynamically manipulated through an electronically driven liquid crystal. Based on these phenomena, a promising maskless interference nanolithography is proposed and experimentally demonstrated.
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Wei F, Lu D, Shen H, Wan W, Ponsetto JL, Huang E, Liu Z. Wide field super-resolution surface imaging through plasmonic structured illumination microscopy. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:4634-4639. [PMID: 25014211 DOI: 10.1021/nl501695c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate a wide field surface plasmon (SP) assisted super-resolution imaging technique, plasmonic structured illumination microscopy (PSIM), by combining tunable SP interference (SPI) with structured illumination microscopy (SIM). By replacing the laser interference fringes in conventional SIM with SPI patterns, PSIM exhibits greatly enhanced resolving power thanks to the unique properties of SP waves. This PSIM technique is a wide field, surface super-resolution imaging technique with potential applications in the field of high-speed biomedical imaging.
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- Feifei Wei
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ‡Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0407, United States
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Yuan GH, Wang Q, Tan PS, Lin J, Yuan XC. A dynamic plasmonic manipulation technique assisted by phase modulation of an incident optical vortex beam. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 23:385204. [PMID: 22948098 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/38/385204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A novel phase modulation method for dynamic manipulation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with a phase engineered optical vortex (OV) beam illuminating on nanoslits is experimentally demonstrated. Because of the unique helical phase carried by an OV beam, dynamic control of SPP multiple focusing and standing wave generation is realized by changing the OV beam's topological charge constituent with the help of a liquid-crystal spatial light modulator. Measurement of SPP distributions with near-field scanning optical microscopy showed an excellent agreement with numerical predictions. The proposed phase modulation technique for manipulating SPPs features has seemingly dynamic and reconfigurable advantages, with profound potential for development of SPP coupling, routing, multiplexing and high-resolution imaging devices on plasmonic chips.
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- G H Yuan
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Cao SH, Cai WP, Liu Q, Li YQ. Surface plasmon-coupled emission: what can directional fluorescence bring to the analytical sciences? ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2012; 5:317-36. [PMID: 22524220 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-062011-143208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE) arose from the integration of fluorescence and plasmonics, two rapidly expanding research fields. SPCE is revealing novel phenomena and has potential applications in bioanalysis, medical diagnostics, drug discovery, and genomics. In SPCE, excited fluorophores couple with surface plasmons on a continuous thin metal film; plasmophores radiate into a higher-refractive index medium with a narrow angular distribution. Because of the directional emission, the sensitivity of this technique can be greatly improved with high collection efficiency. This review describes the unique features of SPCE. In particular, we focus on recent advances in SPCE-based analytical platforms and their applications in DNA sensing and the detection of other biomolecules and chemicals.
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- Shuo-Hui Cao
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Zhang H, Zhao M, Peng L. Nonlinear structured illumination microscopy by surface plasmon enhanced stimulated emission depletion. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:24783-24794. [PMID: 22109506 PMCID: PMC5802240 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.024783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Nonlinear structured illumination microscopy (SIM) in theory has unlimited resolution over a full field of view. However under a realistic signal-to-noise ratio and a limited photon budget, the performance of nonlinear SIM strongly depends on the behavior of the nonlinear effect. Saturated SIM (SSIM) is not ideal in biological applications due to its strong photobleaching. Stimulated emission depletion (STED) SIM will have high sensitivity, higher resolution and less photo toxicity than SSIM. However, the laser power necessary to support a strong full-field STED effect is not attainable with current laser technology. We experimentally proved that surface plasmon resonance enhances (SPR) near surface STED effect by a factor of 8, and therefore STED-SIM is feasible in the total internal reflection microscopy mode with SPR enhancement. Simulation analysis predicts that SPR enhanced 2D STED is strong enough for nonlinear SIM to achieve high-speed imaging at 30-nm resolution and single molecule sensitivity. The STED-SIM superresolution microscopy method would provide a solution for observing single molecule processes in vitro or on the basal membrane of live cells.
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Yuan GH, Yuan XC, Bu J, Tan PS, Wang Q. Manipulation of surface plasmon polaritons by phase modulation of incident light. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:224-229. [PMID: 21263560 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.000224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Manipulation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) by phase modulation of incident light beams is proposed with analytical and numerical verifications when an optical vortex (OV) beam is employed as an example. Fundamental functionalities of a plasmonic chip such as in-plane focusing, coupling and multiplexing of SPP by sequentially varying the topological charge of OV beam are demonstrated. Complementary to the manually-controlled optical-path-different technique reported in literature, the proposed method reveals a direct phase transform from OV beam to SPP with dynamic and reconfigurable advantages.
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- G H Yuan
- School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Tang WT, Chung E, Kim YH, So PTC, Sheppard CJR. Surface-plasmon-coupled emission microscopy with a spiral phase plate. OPTICS LETTERS 2010; 35:517-9. [PMID: 20160803 PMCID: PMC5775480 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.000517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The surface plasmon-coupled emission microscope provides high sensitivity for surface imaging. However, it suffers from a distorted donut-shape point-spread function (PSF). Here we report an effective yet simple method to correct for the distortion by introducing a spiral phase plate. This modification converts the donut PSF into one that is single lobed, which is preferable for imaging. The optical performance of the system is characterized and compared with previous publications. This technique provides more than twofold lateral resolution enhancement.
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- Wai Teng Tang
- Computation and Systems Biology, Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore
- Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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- Edwin L. Steele Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Peter T. C. So
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Colin J. R. Sheppard
- Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, Singapore
- Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, 9 Science Drive 1, Singapore 117576, Singapore
- Corresponding author:
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